Tuesday, October 27, 2009

My first important decision

The PreMed course starts in January and I have to decide whether I should take the course or not.
One part of me wants to believe that doing so, the other part is as always sceptic to the end.
Thou, after discussing it with my parents it got a bit clearer.
Taking the course will give me nothing but more knowledge - in the long run, investing in knowledge is nothing but a win situation.

I hope I do the right thing here...

Saturday, October 17, 2009

The first contact

I contacted the doctor that's in charge of the PreMed and asked him some questions about the course. Once again I got the promise of total success.
He is Dr. Moshe Cohen from Israel and talking serious with him, in English for the first time over phone, about what's about to become my future gave me the creeps. Thou I survived the call and feel a bit more self esteemed.
I also got some phone numbers of people already completing the course and called them later on.

My conclusion after talking with two nice lads over the phone is: "I'm in".
The short version of our conversations was that they told me that they both passed the entrance exams for the universities without any basic knowledge in biology, chemistry or physiology from high school before taking the course.

I can see that course within my grasp...




Saturday, October 3, 2009

Where do I begin?

The only thing that you will ever get served without making an effort to get is the food on the plates in that fine restaurant three blocks away.
Or in other words: You have to work for something to make it happen.
My old man use to say that, and his teachings are absolute, well most of them.

So, I know that I want to get back to school, the only thing left to do is to decide when and where.
Getting accepted to a Medical Faculty is not exactly easy as cheese, especially not here in Sweden.
The slots open are few and the competition is high as a bloody skyscraper in Dubai.
Without top grades from high school you can't even dream about getting accepted. No easy ways in and no easy way around.
What I have to do is to look at my other option: try to get accepted in another country.

Before I made up my mind I spent some time last year searching the World Wide Web for information. After reading through various websites and forums with tons of massive walls of text I found out that one way of getting accepted was to prepare for the entrance exams by taking a PreMed course.
So some websites recommended a course called Pre Medical Doctor International Studies and I think I'm going to give it my best shot.
The testimonials on their websites are actually praising the course to the skies but I'm still a bit sceptic toward things that just seems to be too good to be true.
It's also stating that 100% of the students taking the exam after the course made it through to the final round, aka. got accepted to a university. Booyah for them, but is it the truth? Could it really be that easy?

The last man standing will be able to tell...


Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Journal is officially opened

I think my mind is made up.
After months of pros and cons, consideration and confusion I finally decided to take the leap.
But the way there is long and full of doubt. Who am I? What am I and what may I become if I choose this path?
"Medical Doctor". The words alone make me smile.
"Medicine" - I try to play with the words for a while and yes, this is what I want to do, become and practice.

But the path of becoming a Medical Doctor, it's still long and tortuous.
If I can get to the end of it?
We'll see about that.
My aim is set, my dream is written and most importantly - my mind is made up...

Let the Autopsy Begin...